Suspenders



N0. 625,997. Patented May 30, |399. Bi. JL BALLIETT.

SUSPENDERS. (Appuminm me; Nav. 14, ms.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON J. BAJLIETT, yOF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 625,997, datedMy 30, 1899.

Application filed November 14, 1898. Serial No. 696,396. (No model.)

To M w/wm t 11i/ty concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON J. BALLIETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide suspenders possessing both strength and durability and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, also its special construction securing ease and comfort to the wearer.

The invention has relation to that class of Suspenders in which is provided a cord having sliding connections and an extensible or elastic band; and the purpose thereof is to provide means whereby 'such extensible or elastic band is dispensed with, thereby ma,

terially simplifying the construction of the Suspenders in reducing the number of parts and rendering them more effective in giving comfort to the wearer.

The invention consists in Suspenders constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a rear elevation of Suspenders constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a View, on a small scale, showing the rear part of the Suspenders at- 'cached to the back of the wearer; Fig. 3, a detail view, in perspective vand on an enlarged scale, of the quadruple hanger.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the suspender-straps, of any suitable material and of any preferred construction, and which are provided at their front ends with suitable straps or cords C, having looped ends to engage the buttons on the trousers. The rear ends of the Suspenders are provided with suitable means or devices 1 for receiving the continuous or endless strap or cord E, so that they will Work loosely therein.

The several parts of the Suspenders above referred to may be variously modifiedY or changed, as found most desirable, without departing from the principle of my invention.v

The essential feature of the invention resides in the quadruple hanger F, as shown rmore clearly in Fig. 3 .of the drawings, together with the strap or cord E, engaging therewith. This quadruple hanger consists of four suitably-hinged loops G, through which the strap or cord E passes, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. These loops G may be hinged to any suitable object which will form a common center for the loops, such as the wire H or other convenient device. Through the medium of this quadruple hanger the slightest strain or pull on either shoulder-strap will be communicated to the whole, and at once relief is given to the part where the strain is applied, thus practically eliminating any resistance.

The four loops G hold the strap or oord E in a uniform position and admit of the strap or ,cordl moving freely in the loops and allow free movement of the strap or cord in the natural adjustment of the suspender. As will be seen from Figs. l and 3, these four loops are all mounted directly on the central device I-I and are disposed about the same so as to assume the same relative position as to the said device and each other. The strap or cord E passes through each of the loops, and by this means I am enabled to dispense with the elastic strap heretofore employed for a connection between the lowermost loop and the wire'u pon which the other three are hung. I have found that in addition to simplifying vthe construction I attain better results in that the cord thus arranged has an even pull in all directions and the Suspenders are more comfortable to the wearer.

The arrangement of the strap or cord E brings the same in the hollow of the back of the wearer, where it will not be felt when leaning against a chair-back or other support, and the strap or cord loosely engaging with the quadruple hanger every motion of the shoulder or trousers band is equalized to the greatest possible degree, thereby saving the buttons and the discomfort to the wearer caused by any binding over the shoulders, as in the Suspenders of the ordinary construction.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pair of suspenders comprising the IOO equal distances apart direetl y upon a central supporting device and extending from and mounted to swing upon all four sides of said supporting device, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have 15 hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

BYRON J. BALLIETT.

Witnesses:

H. XV. MATEER, HARRY E. INK. 

